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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>365763</law_id><section_number>46.2-490.3</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Titling, Registration and Licensure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Licensure of Drivers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="20" identifier="19">Driver Improvement Program</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:</p><p>&#x201C;Computer-based <span class="dictionary">clinic</span> provider,&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">clinic</span> licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> to conduct <span class="dictionary">driver improvement clinics</span> via the Internet or other electronic means approved by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Driver improvement clinic</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;clinic&#x201D; means an individual, partnership or corporation, institution of higher education, or government entity licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> as prescribed by this chapter for the purpose of instructing persons identified by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> and the <span class="dictionary">court</span> system as problem <span class="dictionary">drivers</span>; in need of driver improvement education and training; and for <span class="dictionary">drivers</span> interested in improving their own knowledge of <span class="dictionary">highway</span> safety.</p><p>&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Instructor</span>&#x201D; means any person, whether acting for himself as <span class="dictionary">operator</span> of a driver training clinic or for such clinic for compensation, who is licensed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> as prescribed by this chapter and who teaches, conducts classes, gives demonstrations, or supervises persons undergoing mandatory or voluntary driver improvement training.</p></section></text><history>2004, c. 622.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
